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Employment of Negroes in Agriculture
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About this work
A group of Black farmers works barefoot in a Southern cotton field. The monumental figures stand with a quiet pride that transcends their identity as manual laborers. Their forms take up the foreground, confronting the viewers as equals.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineEmployment of Negroes in Agriculture. 1934. Earle Richardson, born New York City 1912-died New York City 1935. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of Labor. CC0.
